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Re:The IRS collects data on Coinbase account holders by chrisco255 on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:00AM (#16600321)
That's an estimate at best. How many if tbise who profitted actually cashed out?
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Re:The IRS collects data on Coinbase account holders by koolba on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:25AM (#16600450)
It's not just a matter of tracking those that cashed out as taxes are on the net profits of individual trades. Even converting between coins (ex: sell BTC, buy ETH) is a taxable event.
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